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SIX, 30 OCTOBER, TWENTY FIFTH, THE MEETING OF MARYSVILLE CITY COUNCIL, THE BUDGET PUBLIC

[CALL TO ORDER]

HEARING IS CALLED TO ORDER.

WE WILL START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT HAS ONE ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

ALMIGHTY GOD, WE ASK YOU TO GUIDE US THROUGHOUT THIS MEETING AS WE SEEK TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE GOOD OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE AND ITS CITIZENS.

AMEN. ROLL CALL, ALAN SEYMOUR.

DONALD BERGER.

MARK KARIM'S J.R.

ROUSH, HANK WORBY, AARON JAY CARPENTER PRESENT.

DEBORAH GROAT EXCUSED THIS OUR ANNUAL BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING.

[Public Hearing: Presentation of the 2022 Appropriation Budget]

SO IT'S THE ONLY ITEM ON THIS PART OF THE ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS PART OF THE MEETING.

AND SO WE'VE RECEIVED THE BUDGET AND IT'S AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC HEARING.

DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZENS WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT? MR. PRESIDENT, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADJOURN ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY I, I MEETING ADJOURNED. YEAH.

OH, NOT NOW.

SEVEN O'CLOCK, MARYSVILLE, A CITY COUNCIL MEETING OCTOBER TWENTY FIFTH, IS CALLED TO ORDER. WE WILL START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, FOLLOWED BY THE INVOCATION FLAG OF

[CALL TO ORDER]

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS A REPUBLIC BEFORE, WHICH IS TO SAY, IS GOD WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL? ALMIGHTY GOD, WE ASK YOU TO GUIDE US THROUGHOUT THIS MEETING AS WE SEEK TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE GOOD OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE AND ITS CITIZENS.

AMEN. AMEN.

ROLL CALL, ALAN SEYMOUR.

PRES. DONALD BURGER HERE, MARK REAMS HERE, J.R.

ROUSH, HANK, BR-V AARON JAY CARPENTER, PRESIDENT DEBORAH GROAT EXCUSED.

THANK YOU. NEXT UP, WE HAVE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE SEPTEMBER 20 SEVENTH MEETING.

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE HIM AS PRESENTED THE ALL IN FAVOR.

HI. NEXT UP ARE THE MINUTES FOR OCTOBER 11TH.

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS? MR. CHAIRMAN, I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRINTED IN FAVOR I MINUTES ARE APPROVED ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT.

[ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT]

TERRY, THANK YOU.

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL GOT A FEW ITEMS TONIGHT TO UPDATE YOU ON AGAIN.

WE'VE GOT SOME ACTIVITIES COMING UP LATER THIS WEEK.

UPTOWN MARYSVILLE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30TH THAT IS FROM 10:00 A.M.

TO 12:00 NOON.

KIDS CAN WEAR COSTUMES AND VISIT UPTOWN MERCHANTS FOR CANDIES AND AND GOOD GOOD STUFF.

SPONSORED BY HISTORIC MARYSVILLE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION BUSINESS DISTRICT ASSOCIATION.

SO IT'S A NEAT EVENT.

UPTOWN SCARIES VILLE FOR TWO HOURS, 10 A.M.

TO NOON ON SATURDAY.

THEN, OF COURSE, WE HAVE TRICK OR TREAT, WHICH IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31ST FROM SIX TO EIGHT P.M..

LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, HOPING THE WEATHER COOPERATES AND THEN ANOTHER EVENT THAT WE HAVE COMING UP, WHICH HAS BECOME VERY POPULAR, IS THE PUMPKIN DROP, WHICH IS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH.

THAT'S FROM ONE TO FOUR P.M.

AND THAT'LL TAKE PLACE AT THE DECKER FIRE STATION ON COUNTY HOME ROAD.

YOU CAN WATCH PUMPKINS DROP FROM A ONE HUNDRED FOOT LADDER TRUCK, AND FIREFIGHTERS WILL ANNOUNCE YOUR NAME BEFORE THEY SEND YOUR PUMPKIN SOARING TO THE GROUND AND BRING YOUR PUMPKIN OR PURCHASE ONE AT THE EVENT.

ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING FIRE TRUCK EXPLORATION, BOUNCE HOUSES AND FALL TREATS WILL BE PROVIDED.

ALL EVENT PROCEEDS WILL BENEFIT MARYSVILLE BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK, SO THE PUMPKIN DROP SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AS WELL.

WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO SHIFT DOWN TO IS A KYLE TODAY ENGINEERING.

YEP. OK. THANKS, KYLE.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

I'VE GOT FIVE UPDATES ON SOME CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THROUGHOUT MARYSVILLE RIGHT NOW.

THE FIRST ONE IS AN OKAY LEAD PROJECT THAT'S FOR SOME BRIDGE REPAIR WORK FOR THE STATE

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ROUTE FOR BRIDGE OVER TO THIRTY THREE.

THE CONTRACTOR IS PLANNING TO START THAT WORK ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER TO 30 FIRST.

THIS WILL BE NIGHT WORK AND COMPLETION IS ANTICIPATED BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK.

OUR STATE ROUTE FOR SCOTT FARMS BOULEVARD IN TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES.

MOST OF THAT WORK WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE PLACE OFF THE ROAD.

THE HICKORY RUN STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT PHASE TWO IS ANTICIPATED TO BEGIN IN MID-NOVEMBER. PHASE TWO, JUST A REMINDER, IS THE PEPPER BUSH COURT CULVERT REPLACEMENT PORTION OF THAT PROJECT THE WEST FIFTH STREET WATERLINE REPLACEMENT PROJECT.

THE MAJORITY OF THE PROJECT IS COMPLETE.

THE REMAINING ITEMS? THERE ARE SOME CONCRETE REPAIR WORK AND SOME PAVEMENT STRIPING THAT STARTS TO GO DOWN.

BUT AS YOU GUYS ARE PROBABLY SEEING, THE ROAD IS FULLY OPEN NOW.

BROWN THIRTY EIGHT IMPROVEMENTS CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES.

ONE LANE WAS PAVED LAST WEEK WITH THE RAIN THAT OCCURRED ON FRIDAY AND OVER THE WEEKEND.

THE SURFACE IS JUST TOO WET RIGHT NOW TO PAVE THE SECOND LANE.

ONCE WE GET A COUPLE OF DRY DAYS, HOPEFULLY THEY CAN GET BACK AND PAVE THAT SECOND LANE AND TWO WAY TRAFFIC WILL BE MAINTAINED AFTER CONSTRUCTION HOURS FOR THAT PROJECT.

THOSE ARE ALL THE CONSTRUCTION UPDATES.

IN NEXT, I'D LIKE TO REALLY SHIFTED OVER TO CHIEF BROOKS AND CHIEF RILEY TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT AN EVENT COMING UP HERE IN NOVEMBER.

DO YOU MIND? YEAH.

DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS WILL NOT BE CLEAN SHAVEN AS WE WILL BE RAISING MONEY FOR PROSTATE AWARENESS, EDUCATION AND TESTING.

WE HAVE A LITTLE FRIENDLY COMPETITION GOING ON WHERE WE WILL BE HAVING NO SHAVE NOVEMBER TO RAISE MONEY FOR PROSTATE CANCER, WHICH IS VERY DEAR TO ALL OF US AND AFFECTS A LOT OF MEN IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO WE WILL BE DOING THAT AND WE'VE GOT OUR FACEBOOK POSTS PAGES WITH FUNDRAISING.

SO IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO DONATE TO THAT, WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT AND I AM SURE I CAN GROW A BETTER MUSTACHE THAN CHIEF BROOKS.

SO YOU MAY HAVE ME ON THE MUSTACHE, BUT I THINK MY BEARD IS GOING TO LOOK CONSIDERABLY BETTER. SO IF YOU NOTICE POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS AND IF MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO JOIN IN THE PROGRAM, WE WOULD DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, TAKE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE ON IN THIS WHOLE PROCESS.

I'VE EVEN HAD A CHALLENGE FROM OUR LAW DIRECTOR WHO'S KIND OF THROWN CHALLENGES AT ME RIGHT NOW, BUT I'M NOT QUITE SURE I'LL HAVE TO SEE.

I'LL ALSO TALK TO BRIAN DE STANKO AND SEE OUR POLICIES HANDLE THIS.

SO BUT THANK YOU GUYS FOR DOING THAT.

THAT'S AWESOME. AND SO IT'LL BE THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.

DO YOU HAVE TO SHAVE LIKE BEFORE THE MONTH STARTS OR I THINK THAT'S KIND OF IN THE RULES.

THAT'S THE RULE. YEAH, OK.

BUT ACTUALLY? I THINK WE'RE STARTING THIS WEEKEND BECAUSE BECAUSE IT'S THE WEEKEND, THE FIRST IS ON MONDAY, SO YOU KNOW.

ALL RIGHT. JUST WONDERING.

THANKS. YEAH, I FULLY INTENDED TO BE HAVE A LITTLE JUMPSTART FROM THE WEEKEND.

ROLAND. YEAH, YEAH. YEAH.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT, UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OK, THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD AND THEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION

[REPORT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT]

REPORT. I THINK THE COUNCIL WE HAD KIND OF A VERY BUSY MONTH WITH DESIGN REVIEW BOARD AND PLANNING COMMISSION.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION REPORT.

WE HAD TWO AGENDA ITEMS THAT NIGHT.

THE FIRST ONE WAS TO HEAR A MAJOR SUBDIVISION APPROVAL OR SKETCH PLAN FOR ONE HUNDRED AND NINETEEN ACRES FOR A NEW SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT LOCATED BY THE ALBERTA PROPERTY, WHICH IS THE PROPERTY LOCATED RIGHT ACROSS FOUR MONTHS OLD MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THEY APPROVED THAT AGENDA.

SIX. YES OR NO? THAT SITE WILL ACTUALLY CONSIST OF 288 SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES AND FIFTY EIGHT SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED HOMES.

AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE STILL IN THE SKETCH PLAN.

THEY'LL HAVE TO GO COME BEFORE PLANNING COMMISSION AGAIN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER ON THAT AGENDA ITEM? BUT THE SECOND ONE WAS TO HEAR A CONDITIONAL USE REQUEST TO PERMIT A SINGLE FAMILY HOME WITHIN THE SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL FOR THE PROPERTY, OR IT WAS ALSO ACTUALLY THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT THERE FOR THE ALPERS PROPERTY.

SO THAT WAS APPROVED SIX YES AND ZERO NOW.

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ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CONDITIONAL USE REQUEST? IT WAS A REQUEST FOR WHAT AGAIN.

SO THE BECAUSE THERE WAS MULTIFAMILY, THE SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED HOMES, THOSE ACTUALLY REQUIRE CONDITIONAL USE AS PART OF THAT DEVELOPMENT.

SO THAT WAS APPROVED.

OK. THE SECOND OR THE THIRD AGENDA ITEM WAS TO HEAR TO REVIEW A MAJOR SUBDIVISION APPROVAL SKETCH PLAN FOR A NEW 100 ACRE SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT LOCATED AT THE PARCEL THAT'S ACTUALLY BETWEEN STATE 31 AND AMARIN FOR THE PULTE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF, THAT THAT WILL CONSIST OF THREE HUNDRED NEW HOMES AND THAT WAS APPROVED SIX ZERO NOW, AND THAT CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT AGENDA.

THAT WAS A PRELIMINARY I WAS YEAH, IT WAS SKETCH, PRELIMINARY, PRELIMINARY NOT SKETCH BEFORE DEVELOPING A PLAN FOR PLANNING PERMISSION.

SO BOTH OF THOSE WERE SKETCH PLANS FOR BOTH DEVELOPMENTS.

OK. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OK, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

I'LL CONTINUE ON TO THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD.

THERE WAS A TOTAL OF FOUR AGENDA ITEMS. THERE WAS AN OLD BUSINESS TO REVIEW A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS WITHIN THE HISTORICAL DESIGN REVIEW DISTRICT FOR TWO TWENTY TWO, EAST EIGHTH STREET FOR THE WALKING DISTANCE BREWERY IN THE UPTOWN TRANSITIONAL.

I CAME BEFORE THE BOARD LAST MONTH.

IN REGARDS, THIS IS THE MURAL THAT WAS FOR THE WALKING DISTANCE BREWERY.

THEY REVIEWED IT WITH THE APPLICANT AND THE APPLICANT ASKED TO KEEP THE ORIGINAL DESIGN FOR THE ACTUAL BUILDING, AND THE BOARD DID APPROVE THAT IT WAS FOR YES OR NO.

THE REASON FOR THE FOUR GUESSERS, THREE THAT WERE ABSENT DURING THAT DECISION, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT AGENDA ITEM? OK. THE NEWS, NEW BUSINESS WE HAD EXTERIOR LANDSCAPE PLAN TO REVIEW FOUR FOUR OH FOUR SOUTH OAK STREET. THIS IS THE THE OLD SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH RIGHT ACROSS FROM ALGER PARK.

THEY'RE CONVERTING THAT BUILDING INTO A WEDDING VENUE.

SO THEY'RE DOING COMPLETE EXTERIOR RENOVATIONS ALONG WITH THE INSIDE WITH A BRAND NEW PARKING LOT. AND THAT'S A I BELIEVE IT'S A HUGE NEED FOR THIS COMMUNITY TO HAVE SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT THAT DID PASS FOR YES OR NO.

I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT AGENDA ITEM.

YOU HAVE, MR. PRESIDENT, YOU MENTIONED SPECIFICALLY A PARK OR THE PARKING OUT THERE.

THE PARKING HAS ALWAYS BEEN KIND OF A TOUCHY SUBJECT FOR AS LONG AS I REMEMBER IT.

BUT WHAT CAN WE EXPECT THAT TO BE LOOKED LIKE ONE ONCE IT'S COMPLETED? SO ACTUALLY, AS YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, IT IS GRAVEL'S FOR MANY YEARS, BUT ACTUALLY THEY'RE COMPLETELY REDOING THE WHOLE ENTIRE PARKING LOT ALONG WITH CURBING SIDEWALK AND ASPHALT.

THERE WILL BE LIGHTING ON THE ACTUAL SITE AND EVERYTHING, SO THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ALL NEW SITE IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THAT PROPERTY.

OK, WONDERFUL.

YEAH, THAT PART OF TOWN DESPERATELY NEEDED THAT.

SO I'M GLAD THAT THEY DECIDED TO DO THAT.

AND GETTING THAT ACCOMPLISHED FOR THAT IS WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THE NEXT ONE IS EXTERIOR LANDSCAPE PLANS FOR A MULTITENANT BUILDING FOR THIRTEEN POINT THIRTY SEVEN WEST FIFTH STREET.

THIS IS THE OUTER PARCEL IN FRONT OF THE NEW KROGERS.

IT WILL BE. IT'S KIND OF LIKE A THERE'LL BE THERE'LL BE TWO BUILDINGS, BUT THEY'RE BUILDING THE FIRST BUILDING RIGHT THERE OUT FRONT.

SO THERE'LL BE A FOUR TENANT BUILDING.

IT'S THE SAME DEVELOPER IF YOU EVER GO DOWN TO RON LENOX OSU CAMPUS, WHERE THEY HAVE THE REAL NICE BRICK THINGS, SO THEY THEY'LL BE STARTING THAT AND THAT WAS APPROVED FOR YES AND ZERO NO ON THAT PROJECT.

AND IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER ON THAT AGENDA ITEM? OK, I CAN HAVE A QUESTION.

CAN YOU CAN YOU EXPLAIN SPECIFICALLY WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE DONE AND YOU SAID IN FRONT OF. BUT THERE'S A LOT OF EMPTY SPACE SPACES.

SO YOU ACTUALLY SEE THE FIRST PARCEL ISLAND WHEN YOU WHEN YOU PULL IN BETWEEN THE GAS STATION AND THERE WAS THAT PARCEL RIGHT THERE THAT HAS THE SERVICE ROAD IN THE BACK OF IT, IT IS ACTUALLY NOT VERY FRONT PARCEL.

THAT VERY FRONT PARCEL, YOU KNOW, WHERE SOME TIME AGO THERE WAS A REQUEST MADE FOR A A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT, SO I CAN ASSUME THAT THAT IS MIXED USE, SO IT IS MIXED USE.

AND SINCE THE DIDN'T SEEM TO BE MUCH INTEREST FROM RESTAURANTS OR ANY OTHER COMMERCIAL TYPE BUILDINGS, THEY DECIDED TO GO INTO MORE HOMES OR MORE APARTMENTS IN THAT AREA.

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SO BASICALLY, IT WOULD JUST BE THE MULTI-UNIT.

SO ACTUALLY IT WILL GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE A DIVERSE BUSINESS ASPECT WITHIN THEIR.

OK. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE LIKE A FOUR TENANT BUILDING, NOT MULTI-USE APARTMENTS.

I'M TALKING ABOUT THE BUILDING OUT IN FRONT OF KOGER.

YEAH, IT WON'T BE LIKE MIXED USE APARTMENTS, MIXED USE LIKE MIXED TENANTS.

SO YOU HAVE ONE BUILDING WITH LIKE FOUR SEPARATE STORES IN IT.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? OK, SO SO IT WILL.

IT WILL ACTUALLY.

IT WILL ACTUALLY BE A BUILDING FOR STORES OR WILL IT BE A BUILDING FOR IT? WILL IT WILL BE COMMERCIAL? YES. OH OK. IT WILL BE COMMERCIAL.

OK. YEAH.

I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE RESIDENTIAL.

IT SEEMED TO BE A LITTLE BIT OUT OF PLACE OUT THERE, BUT IT IS GOING TO BE COMMERCIAL.

CORRECT. OK, THANK YOU.

SO IT'S IT'S IT'S ALMOST LIKE IT'S SO IT'S ALMOST GOING TO BE LIKE A SMALL STRIP MALL, IF YOU WILL. EXACTLY.

MM HMM. OK, THANK YOU.

YEAH. AND THE PLAN IS TO HAVE TWO OF THOSE UNITS.

ONE, THERE'S DOING THE FIRST ONE AS OF RIGHT NOW.

THEN IN THE FUTURE LEVEL, THE SECOND ONE.

OK. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND THE LAST ONE IS EXTERIOR LANDSCAPE PLAN FOR EXTERIOR SITE IMPROVEMENTS LOCATED AT 700 MILFORD AVENUE, AS YOU KNOW, IS THE OLD COMMUNITY MARKET THERE ON THE SOUTH.

AND THE EAGLES ORGANIZATION HAS PURCHASED THAT IN THE GAME AND WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME SITE IMPROVEMENTS ON THE PARKING LOT.

THE SIGNAGE AND AROUND THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING AND THAT WAS APPROVED FOR YES, ZERO, NO, I CAN'T ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT.

HMM. THE ONLY QUESTION I SORRY, MR. PRESIDENT, THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS FOR JEREMY, MAKE SURE THERE'S STRAIGHT LINES ARE WIDE ENOUGH TO PLANT SOME BIG TREES ON IT.

THERE'S PLENTY OF PARKING AT THAT COMMUNITY MARKETS.

SO I MEAN, WIDENING THAT STRAIGHT LINE TO NINE FEET ISN'T GOING TO TAKE UP THAT MUCH BECAUSE THERE'S A SEA OF ASPHALT OUT THERE.

SO THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR NOW.

YES, I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.

MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE WEDDING VENUE OVER THERE BY ALLEGIANT PARK.

NO, I'M SORRY. ELDRIDGE PARK.

THE ONLY QUESTION I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF RESIDENTS AND I DID BRING IT UP TO CITY STAFF WAS LIGHT POLLUTION OUT THERE.

THE WIND, I DON'T KNOW IF ANY CITY STAFF DRIVES OUT THERE AT NIGHT, BUT WHEN THE WHEN THE BASKETBALL COURTS ARE LIT, IT'S VERY, VERY BRIGHT OUT THERE AND IT'S BEEN LIKE THAT SINCE THE PARK WAS BUILT.

BUT THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT THE LIGHTS ARE ALREADY EXTREMELY BRIGHT OUT THERE. SO IF WE COULD LIMIT THE LIGHT TO JUST BE ON THE PARKING LOT, THAT'S WHAT SOME OF THE RESIDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO DO A PHOTOMETRIC SUPPORT.

WILL THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE STANDARD WE REVIEWED THE SPILLAGE? I THINK SO. IT'S GOING TO BE YOUR STANDARD LED LIGHT DOWN ONTO THE ACTUAL PARKING LOT.

SO IT WOULD BE VERY MINIMAL ON THE ACTUAL ILLUMINATION.

OK, OK.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

THE OTHER. OK, THAT'S IT, THANK YOU.

LET'S SEE YOUR PARKS AND REC REPORT.

THAT'S I CAN I CAN UPDATE EVERYONE ON THAT.

THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. PARKS AND REC COMMISSION MET LAST WEEK, AND MR. EMERY HIT ON A LOT OF THESE UPDATES, SO I WILL SKIP THINGS LIKE THE HALLOWEEN UPDATES.

BUT MR. HINKLE GAVE SOME UPDATES AT LAST WEEK'S MEETING, SO THE LEAVES ARE FALLING.

WE ARE IN FALL, I THINK OFFICIALLY AT THIS POINT AND THE CITY IS KEEPING UP WITH LEAF BLOWING ON ALL OF OUR TRAILS AND PARKS.

SO THAT IS ONGOING THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.

THE RESTROOMS FOR THE CITY RESTROOMS WILL ALL BE CLOSING ON OCTOBER 29TH THAT THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY FOR CERTAIN PARKS.

ELDER PARK WE DID DISCUSS AN ISSUE OF VANDALISM AT LG PARK AND I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S ANY ANY MORE UPDATES ON THAT SINCE LAST WEEK, BUT THE POLICE AS OF LAST WEEK, WE'RE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON IT.

BUT AS A RESULT, LG PARK WAS WAS CLOSED DUE TO THAT VANDALISM.

SO THAT IS ONE PARK THAT IS ALREADY CLOSED.

THE SCHWARTZKOPF PLAYGROUND.

THAT'S OK. THE THE SCHWARTZKOPF PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENT IS SET TO TAKE PLACE MID TO LATE NOVEMBER, SO TOWARDS THE END OF NEXT MONTH THERE WAS AN UPDATE.

SO MR HENKEL AND SOME OF THE SOME OTHER CITY EMPLOYEES MADE A TRIP TO LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, TO CHECK OUT SOME NEW EQUIPMENT THAT THE CITY COULD POTENTIALLY INVEST IN IN THE FUTURE. AND IT'S GOOD FOR THEM TO TO GO ON THIS TRIP SO THEY CAN SEE THE EQUIPMENT

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FIRST, YOU KNOW, LIKE LITERALLY IN FRONT OF THEM AND ACTUALLY DRIVE IT OR OR USE IT BEFORE DECIDING TO MAKE SOME NEW INVESTMENTS FOR THE CITY.

SO THAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK.

THE THE ENTRY ONE OF THE ENTRIES TO SCHWARTZKOPF.

PARKING LOT WAS BEING WORKED ON LAST WEEK.

I'M NOT SURE IF THAT IS COMPLETE AT THIS POINT, BUT THAT WAS BEING WORKED ON LAST WEEK.

THIS IS AN INTERESTING UPDATE.

SO OUR BMX TRACK THAT WAS BUILT, MR HINKLE WAS ACTUALLY SUBMITTING THAT TO FOUR AND OHIO PARKS AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION AWARD, AND THE JUDGING IS SET TO TAKE PLACE ON OCTOBER 28. SO THAT WOULD BE REALLY COOL IF YOU KNOW THAT OUR BMX TRACK CAN CAN WIN AN AWARD THERE AND THEN IF WE CAN WIN A LOCAL AWARD, THEN MR HINKLE WAS SUGGESTED THAT POTENTIALLY HE COULD SUBMIT IT FOR A NATIONAL AWARD STARTING NEXT YEAR.

AND THEN THE LAST UPDATE THAT I HAVE IS MSSA, WHO HAS BEEN WORKING ON OUR POOL STUDY AND WHAT TO DO WITH A NEW POOL OR THE EXISTING POOL.

THEIR FINAL REPORT FOR THIS POOL STUDY.

IT'S A VERY EXTENSIVE REPORT.

THIS WILL BE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL AS EARLY AS DECEMBER AND ARE AT OUR FIRST MEETING SO WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO THAT ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF FROM NOW.

BUT THAT IS ALL THE UPDATES THAT I HAVE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS? OK, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE REPORT OF THE CLERK OF COUNCIL.

THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

I HAVE NO REPORT THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS HEARING OF CITIZENS, IF THERE'S ANY CITIZEN THAT WISHES TO ADDRESS COUNSEL, NOW'S YOUR TIME.

MY ARE. OK, I DON'T THINK THAT WAS A CITIZEN, SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO RESOLUTIONS THE

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RESOLUTION A SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING TO AUTHORIZE THE PURCHASE AND USE OF THE PUBLIC ENTITIES, POOL EMPLOYEE DISHONESTY AND FAITHFUL PERFORMANCE OF DUTY POLICY IN LIEU OF INDIVIDUAL SURETY BONDS.

ADMINISTRATION COMMENTS.

I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO TIM, WE DO HAVE A REQUEST TO POSTPONE INDEFINITELY THIS LEGISLATION. I'LL LET HIM EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE FOUND AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO MOVING FORWARD. SO WE HAVE A CHARTER PROVISION TWELVE POINT TWO THAT REQUIRES CITY OFFICIALS TO ACTUALLY ACQUIRE BONDS, SURETY BONDS.

AND SO TECHNICALLY, A POLICY THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO USE AN INSURANCE DOCUMENT IN LIEU OF THOSE BONDS WOULD VIOLATE OUR CHARTER.

WE DO HAVE, OF COURSE, A CHARTER PROVISION THAT ALLOWS US TO AMEND A CHARTER BASED ON A CHANGE TO STATE LAW.

THIS THIS IS A CHANGE TO STATE LAW EFFECTIVE AND I THINK, MARCH OF 2019.

HOUSE BILL TO 91 WAS PASSED THAT ALLOWS POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS TO ADOPT POLICIES AND SPECIFICALLY FOR THE USE OF EMPLOYEE DISHONESTY AND FAITHFUL PERFORMANCE OF DUTY COVERAGE DUTY DOCUMENT, RATHER THAN A SURETY BOND.

SO I THINK IN YOUR PACKETS, BECKY PROVIDED TWO DRAFT ORDINANCES.

ONE IS TO, I'M SORRY, ONE DRAFT ORDINANCE AND ONE DRAFT RESOLUTION.

ONE IS TO AMEND SECTION TWELVE POINT TWO OF OFFICIAL BONDS.

THE TITLE SAYS 07 I CAUGHT THAT THAT'S JUST A TYPO WILL CHANGE THAT OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE CHARTER DUE TO CHANGE IN STATE LAW THAN THE OTHER IS A SORT OF A REWORK OR REWORK OF OF THE OF THE RESOLUTION THAT'S BEFORE YOU NOW.

SO WHAT WHAT I'M ASKING IS THAT COUNCIL JUST TABLE THIS ORDINANCE AND EXCUSE ME, THE RESOLUTION IN FRONT OF YOU INDEFINITELY AND THEN WE'LL RUN THE TWO TOGETHER.

WE'LL HAVE THEM ON THE DOCKET AT THE NEXT MEETING.

ARE THERE ANY CITIZEN COMMENTS? ANY COUNCIL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS? DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE INDEFINITELY SO MOVED? NOW, ROLL CALL, MR. SEYMOUR. YES, MR. BERGER. YES, MR. REMES, YES.

MR. RAUSCH. YES, MR. BARBEE. YES.

MR. CARPENTER, YES.

SIX. YES. OK.

THE MOTION CARRIES THAT'S TABLED.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ORDINANCES ORDINANCE, A FIRST READING TITLE ONLY TO ADOPT A CAPITAL

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BUDGET FOR TWENTY TWENTY TWO ADMINISTRATION COMMENTS.

WELL, THIS IS THE THE FIRST OF FOUR PIECES OF LEGISLATION TONIGHT.

THAT'S BEFORE CITY COUNCIL.

AND YOU KNOW, BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO BRAD HERE FOR A MOMENT, I WANTED TO GO A LONG WAY TO TO THANK BRAD AND HIS FINANCE TEAM FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE TO GET THE BUDGET IN THE POSITION IT IS IN RIGHT NOW FOR CITY COUNCIL REVIEW AND ANY QUESTIONS YOU

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MAY HAVE OVER THE COMING WEEKS.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR EXECUTIVE STAFF BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS WE LED THROUGH TO PREPARE THIS BUDGET TONIGHT AND THEY'VE ALL TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH, THE INTEREST IN US CONTINUING TO BE AGGRESSIVE IN CERTAIN AREAS THAT I THINK CITY COUNCIL TOTALLY SUPPORTS AS WELL.

SO I WANT TO THANK OUR EXECUTIVE STAFF FOR REALLY MAKING THIS A TEAM EFFORT TO HAVE THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU AGAIN TONIGHT AS WELL.

BRAD'S GOING TO REITERATE THIS, AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO HIM IN A SECOND.

BUT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, OF COURSE, IT'S GOING TO GET A SERIES OF READINGS.

I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO SIT HERE TONIGHT AND THINK LIKE, YOU HAVE TO GET THESE QUESTIONS.

AND IF ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WANTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH MYSELF AND BRAD, DON'T HESITATE. WE'LL SCHEDULE SOMETHING WITH YOU, SIT DOWN AND GO OVER SOME THINGS IF YOU'D LIKE TO, IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO THAT.

WE'VE ALREADY HAD A LITTLE BIT OF THAT ALREADY, AND IT'S WORKED OUT VERY, VERY WELL.

SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO BRAD, AND I THINK HE'LL LAY OUT THE PLAN MOVING FORWARD.

THANK YOU, TERRY. SO AS I'M JUST GOING TO BASICALLY ADDRESS ALL THESE TOGETHER, SO JUST SO FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE AS WELL.

WE HAVE FOUR ORDINANCES IN FRONT OF US, ONE RELATING TO THE CAPITAL BUDGET, THE ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET, ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS AND ANNUAL COMPENSATION.

OBVIOUSLY, ALL THESE ARE INTERTWINED AND MAKE UP OUR TWENTY TWENTY TWO BUDGET.

SOME OF THESE ARE REQUIRED BY R.C.

SOME OF THEM ARE REQUIRED AS PART OF OUR LOCAL LAWS, BUT THEY ALL COME TOGETHER TO CREATE THE BUDGET THAT YOU ULTIMATELY HAVE IN YOUR GREEN BOOK THAT HOPEFULLY YOU ALL HAVE A CHANCE TO AT LEAST PERUSE A LITTLE BIT UP TO THIS POINT.

THE PLAN, RIGHT? THE PLAN FOR NOW, AT LEAST, IS I WOULD SUGGEST IT IS THAT THE BUDGET THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU ALSO REFLECTS WHAT WAS PRESENTED IN THE PUBLIC HEARING MERE MINUTES AGO, AND WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE A WORK SESSION COMING UP NEXT MONDAY.

SO MY THOUGHT PROCESS IS THAT ALL OF YOU HAD VARIOUS TIMES TO REVIEW THE BUDGET UP TO THIS POINT. SOME OF YOU, AS TERRY SAID, IF I HAD A CHANCE TO SIT DOWN WITH WHETHER IT'S TERRI, ME OR BOTH OF US UP TO THIS POINT.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT IN THE COMING WEEK.

GOING INTO NEXT MONDAY INTO THE WORK SESSION WOULD BE A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE DELVE INTO SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS THAT YOU MAY HAVE WITH THE BUDGET.

ONCE AGAIN, I'M JUST ROLLING THIS ALL TOGETHER.

AND THEN AND THEN AS WE PROCEED THROUGH INTO THE SECOND READING, THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE MOST OPPORTUNE TIME TO SUGGEST ANY POTENTIAL CHANGES YOU WANT TO MAKE TO THE BUDGET AMENDING ANY OF THESE PARTICULAR ORDINANCES FOR IN RELATION TO THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED UP TO THAT POINT.

THAT WILL JUST KEEP US IN LINE ONCE AGAIN WITH WHAT THE PUBLIC IS PRESENT, WHAT THE PUBLIC WAS PRESENTED.

AND ALSO ONCE AGAIN GIVE YOU GUYS TIME TO NOT ONLY DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH, BUT ONCE AGAIN COME TO ANY OF US AND ASK QUESTIONS.

SO. ANY IMMEDIATE QUESTIONS? ARE THERE ANY COUNCIL QUESTIONS ON THAT ON THE PROCESS? YOU KNOW, I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT THIS WEEK.

YOU KNOW, AS THEY SAID, IF YOU'VE GOT A QUESTION, GET A HOLD OF TERRI OR GET A HOLD OF BRAD. AND YOU KNOW, PREFERABLY THIS WEEK WE'LL PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA FOR THE WORK SESSION ALSO FOR DISCUSSION NEXT MONDAY.

SO, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT IT AND HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS BEFORE WE GET INTO THE WORK SESSION.

THAT'S A GOOD TIME TO DISCUSS THOSE ITEMS AND EMAIL US.

IF YOU GET A QUESTION, JUST SPUR THE MOMENT YOU THINK OF SOMETHING.

SHOOT US AN EMAIL IF YOU IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION AND WE'LL WE'LL GET YOU AN ANSWER BACK PROMPTLY. SO THIS WILL BE LIKE I SAID, IT WILL BE AT THE WORK SESSION.

AND THEN AGAIN, SECOND READING WOULD BE NOVEMBER 8TH.

THIS BUDGET FROM A FROM A CAPITAL PERSPECTIVE IS IS SOMEWHAT OF.

OF A CONSOLIDATION OF ALL OF MANY OF THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR OR DESIRES OF OF COUNCIL MEMBERS OR OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE PEOPLE.

SO IT'S KIND OF AN WHEN EVERYTHING COMES TOGETHER FROM THE DISCUSSIONS WE'VE HAD OVER THE PREVIOUS YEARS.

SO THE THINGS MOST OF THE THINGS AT LEAST THAT I SEE AREN'T NEW TO ME.

THEY AREN'T THINGS THAT ARE ARE HITTING US FOR THE FIRST TIME.

SO I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT TO ALLAN, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE ARE A DIRECT RESULT OF DISCUSSIONS WE'VE HAD IN OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETINGS.

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AND SO IT'S JUST REALLY FOLLOWING THAT.

THAT COURSE IS WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.

AND BUT WE'RE ALSO OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS OR POTENTIAL ADJUSTMENTS IF IT RECEIVES THE SUPPORT OF THE FULL CITY COUNCIL.

SO. ANY OTHER COUNCIL COMMENTS ON THIS, HANK? YES. I ALREADY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET WITH BOTH BRET AND TERRY.

AND IN YOUR PACKET OUT HERE SINCE UP UNTIL THIS POINT, THERE WAS NO MONEY ALLOCATED FOR PAVING. THANKS TO CARL.

HE WAS ABLE TO GET BACK TO 2015, WHEN THE CITY WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR 93 MILES.

IN THE MEANTIME, 2021 THAT HAS INCREASED TO 101 MAIL.

SO YOU CAN SEE HOW AS WE CONTINUE TO ADD MORE SUBDIVISIONS.

MIND YOU, THAT THIS IS THE PART THAT WE ARE PHYSICALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR.

IN ADDITION TO THIS, THE ACTUAL NUMBER THAT WE MAINTAIN, EXCEPT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PAVING. BUT WE ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR HIGHWAY 33 ALL THE WAY UP FROM COLLINS LOOPING AROUND TO 36 MAYBE TO WHERE THE NOW THAT'S THAT'S A PORTION THAT WE DON'T DO THE PAVING FOR, BUT WE DO NEED TO DO SNOW REMOVAL AND WE HAVE A CONTACT WITH THE CITY ON THAT.

SO OUR ACTUAL MILES MAINTAINED FULLY IS 101 AND PARTIALLY IS ABOUT 128.

AND THEN YOU SEE THE PAVING OF CURB THE ROADWAY, WHICH IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 55 DOLLARS PER FOOT OR 300000 PER MILE.

AND IF IT'S A CURB ROADWAY, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 400000 PER MILE.

SO IN THE SHORT VISIT THAT WE HAD, WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY SOME ITEMS. BUT SINCE YOU MENTIONED THAT ALL OF THAT WILL BE REHASHED AT THE SECOND READING, I JUST WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO KEEP THIS IN YOUR PACKET IF POSSIBLE.

SO THAT WAY, YOU KNOW WHAT IT WHAT IT COSTS FOR THE CITY, BUT IT COST US ANNUALLY AND THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE MONEY AVAILABLE FOR PAVING IN THE UPCOMING YEAR.

SO. IT'S THOSE WERE MY COMMENTS ON THAT ONE.

OK. AND QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

ALL RIGHT. I'M JUST DOING SOME QUICK MATH HERE.

SO IF THERE'S ONE HUNDRED AND ONE MILES THAT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR AND IT'S GOING TO BE BETWEEN SEVENTY FIVE AND FIFTY FIVE DOLLARS A FOOT PER MILE, AND OUR GOAL IS TO MAINTAIN FOUR PERCENT OF OUR ROADS EVERY YEAR, RIGHT? SO ONE HUNDRED AND ONE MILES.

TIMES WE'LL GO SEVENTY FIVE FOOT SEVENTY FIVE DOLLARS PER FOOT, WELL, YOU CAN'T REALLY POINT SIX MILES, ONE POINT SIX MILLION, THAT WHAT IT IS.

OK, SO THAT'S FOR THIS YEAR.

DO WE KNOW? IS THAT HIGH? IS THAT LOW BASED ON OUR PREVIOUS DOLLAR AMOUNTS THAT WE'VE SPENT ON PAVED ROADS? WE'VE BEEN DOING ANYWHERE FROM 1.5 TO TWO MILLION TO OKAY, SO THAT'S PRETTY IN LINE WITH WHAT WE'VE DONE. THAT'S GOOD.

YEAH. IN ADDITION TO THAT, OF COURSE, WE THE EVALUATION IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE SOMETIME NOVEMBER. I WOULD ASSUME SO BY THAT TIME, WE DO KNOW WE WERE STILL LAGGING.

I THINK THE LAST ONE CAME OUT EITHER AT EIGHT OR 10 PERCENT OF OUR ROADWAYS WERE STILL RATED AS POOR.

SO WE STILL HAVE SOME CATCHING UP TO DO.

AND THE GOAL IS TO DO ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WHAT WE HAVE TO TO TRY TO CATCH UP TO THAT FOUR PERCENT OF THE ROADWAYS THAT WE HAVE.

AND THEN WE CAN GO ON A REGULAR ROTATION.

YEAH. AND WHERE THAT ALSO HELPS.

AND I'M SURE YOU AS AN ENGINEER CAN APPRECIATE THAT, THAT IF AND WHEN WE DO KNOW WHAT OUR ONE AND TWO YEAR ROTATION IS GOING TO BE, THAT ALLOWS THE AND THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT TO LOOK AT, OK, WE DON'T HAVE TO TRY TO SECOND GUESS, YEAH, IF THERE IS SOME CURBING THAT

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NEED TO BE FIXED, IF THERE IS SOME OTHER WORK, IF, SAY, A STORM COULD HAS SUNKEN AND ANY OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, THEY CAN LOOK AT THAT ALREADY ONE OR TWO YEARS IN ADVANCE.

AND WE DON'T HAVE TO GO IN TO THE PAVING AND THEN COME BACK AND FIX THE ROAD.

SO THAT WAY WE CAN CREATE MUCH MORE STABILITY IF WE CAN STAY CONSISTENT WITH THE WITH THE PAVING PROGRAM THAT WE KNOW IN ADVANCE THAT THEY DO KNOW, OK, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT. WE KNOW THIS STREET IS GOING TO BE TAKING CARE OF THE STREET.

SO AND ONCE YOU ONCE YOU CATCH UP, IT'S A LOT EASIER TO TO MAINTAIN RATHER THAN HAVING TO CATCH UP AND MAKE SECOND GUESSES EVERY TIME.

WHERE ARE WE GOING TO BE WITHOUT PAVING PROGRAM? YEAH. SO ANYWAY, THAT I PRESUME, WILL BE BACK AGAIN, YOU SAID DURING THE SECOND READING.

OK, THANK YOU. I MIGHT ADD, I DON'T WANT ANY COUNCIL MEMBER TO THINK THAT THE JOURNAL TRIBUNE CAN READ OUR MINDS TONIGHT, BUT I GOT TO GIVE MCCULLOCH CREDIT.

HE CALLED US TODAY AND WANTED A LITTLE BIT OF INPUT ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ON SOME OF THE ADJUSTMENTS.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO YOU'RE GOING TO READ IN THE PAPER ABOUT COUNCIL'S REAL INTEREST IN RAMPING UP THE PAY BUYING PROGRAM, PROBABLY IN THE NEWSPAPER TOMORROW.

AND SO HE WAS HE WAS INTERESTED IN THAT TODAY.

SO JUST I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, HE'S MAX DOING HIS JOB AS A WRITER AND AND BRAD AND I WERE ABLE TO SIT DOWN WITH HIM TODAY AND KIND OF STEP HIM THROUGH IT.

SO AND HANK MENTIONED THAT IT'S STILL ABOUT EIGHT TO NINE PERCENT AS POOR.

BUT I CAN REMEMBER 10 YEARS AGO, THAT WAS ABOUT 15 PERCENT.

SO WE'VE BEEN CHIPPING AWAY AT IT.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE PLANNING FOR IT.

AND JUST KIND OF CHIPPING AWAY AT IT EVERY YEAR.

YEAH. BUT OF COURSE, THE ONE THING THAT YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND AND EVEN IN THE NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE OUT HERE IS THAT.

AND ALLEN WAS THE ONE THAT BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION.

IF YOU HAVE 10 PERCENT OF 93 MILES, WHICH WAS 2015, YOU HAVE NINE POINT THREE.

BUT IF YOU HAVE 10 PERCENT OF ONE HUNDRED AND ONE MILES, THAT JUMPED CONTINUOUSLY CONSIDERABLY. SO THE MORE MILES WE HAVE, YOU HAVE TO GET INTO THE MINDSET THAT EVERY YEAR IT IS. ALSO AS WE ADD MORE STREETS ONTO IT, WE HAVE TO BE COMMITTED TO ADD MORE MONEY INTO THE BUDGET AND ON THE OTHER.

ON THE OTHER HAND, AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE CAPITAL BUDGETS AND I SEE ALMOST AT LEAST I SEE ALMOST WELL, IT, IT'S ALMOST THREE FULL PAGES.

OF COURSE, SOME OF IT IS REPLACEMENT.

YEAH, BUT IF WE CAN GET IT ALL DONE NEXT YEAR AND SOME OF IT WILL BE SHORT PIECES, ONE OF THEM IS ON FOURTH STREET THE BRIDGE.

YEAH, THAT'S. GOING TO PAID FOR BY BY THE STATE THAT'S GOING TO TAKE CARE OF IT AND THEN THE STATE'S GOING TO PAY FOR THAT PAVING.

SO THERE ARE SHORT PIECES OUT THERE THAT WILL FALL BY SOMETIMES THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS BECAUSE I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THE 5TH STREET BETWEEN COAT AND MAPLE.

I DON'T KNOW. I ASSUME THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE ON THE PLUG ON THE BABYING PROGRAM AS WELL. THAT WOULD COME OUT OF AN ENTERPRISE FUND.

SO NOT EVERYTHING HAS TO COME OUT OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND OR OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. BUT SOME OF IT DOES COME IN, AND THAT'S WHY WE CAN ACTUALLY TRY TO CATCH UP WITHIN THE NEXT NUMBER OF YEARS.

AND, OF COURSE, IN THE NEXT NUMBER OF YEARS, IF WE GROW AS ANTICIPATED, WE'LL HAVE AN ADDITIONAL SEVEN MILES.

YEAH, ACCORDING TO YOUR NUMBERS.

RIGHT? OK.

THE OTHER THING THAT AS I SAID EARLIER, IT'LL BE VERY IMPRESSIVE TO SEE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS.

I THINK THE THE US OR THE ALL THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAVE HAD, I THINK ALL OF COUNCIL HAD THE DESIRE TO WORK ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THESE BUDGET COVERS ALL OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE VERY WELL.

AND I AGAIN HAVE TO COMMEND THE STAFF FOR LOOKING AT IT AND LISTENING TO AT LEAST OUR

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REQUESTS TO SAY INFRASTRUCTURE MAKE THE CITY LOOK GOOD.

AND THAT AND THAT'S A LOT OF THAT WILL WILL HAPPEN WILL HAPPEN WITH THIS BUDGET.

SO THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THE ONLY THE ONLY QUESTION, THE ONLY STATEMENT I WOULD ADD TO THAT IS, YOU KNOW, GROWING UP, WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY WITH ROAD WITH ROADS.

YOU KNOW, WE WOULD ALWAYS LIKE TO SPEND MORE ON ROADWAYS, BUT THAT ONE MILLION TO ONE POINT SIX IS ALWAYS WHAT THE BUDGET WILL ALLOW.

YOU KNOW, AS THE CITY GROWS, I MEAN HANGS, RIGHT? I MEAN, WE WILL HAVE TO SPEND MORE AND MORE MONEY.

YOU KNOW, THE REALITY IS, IS THAT AS A CITY, WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHERE IS THAT REVENUE GOING TO COME FROM? I STILL I STILL AM LEERY OF BUILDING AS MANY HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS AS WE ARE, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS FOR ANOTHER DISCUSSION.

BUT ONE STREET IN TOWN IN MY WARD THAT I WOULD LIKE US TO PUT OUR TEETH INTO IS COTTAGE STREET. IT IS THE LAST BRICK STREET IN TOWN AND I THINK THAT SINCE MARRIAGE WAS 200 YEARS OLD, YOU KNOW, BEING THE LAST BRICK AND BRICK STREET IN TOWN, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE PROTECT THAT STREET FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE NEXT TWO HUNDRED YEARS TO REALIZE THAT AT ONE POINT IN TIME, STREETS IN THIS COUNTRY WERE BRICK STREETS AND BRICK STREETS ARE EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE.

BUT LONG TERM, THEY ARE LEAST EXPENSIVE TO MAINTAIN.

THAT'S THAT'S THAT IS THE BENEFIT OF BRICK STREETS.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF CITIES LIKE IN INDIANAPOLIS, NEW YORK.

A LOT OF BIG CITIES ARE ACTUALLY BUILDING MORE SUSTAINABLE STREETS WITH BRICK STREETS AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS BECAUSE THE PRICE OF ASPHALT AND JUST OUR ENVIRONMENT IS CHANGING AND ASPHALT IS NOT HOLDING UP AS LONG AS IT USED TO DUE TO THE SHIFTS OF OUR OUR CLIMATE.

SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME LITTLE TIDBITS.

SO I WOULD LIKE US TO EVENTUALLY DISCUSS COTTAGE STREET.

SO THANK YOU.

ANYTHING ELSE ON THE CAPITAL BUDGET, AARON? JUST ONE THING ON ROADS.

IF WE'RE GETTING IF WE GO FROM NINETY THREE TO ONE HUNDRED AND ONE MILES IN SIX YEARS, THAT'S LIKE ONE TO TWO PERCENT TOTAL MILES OF ROAD GROWTH PER YEAR.

IF WE'RE SPENDING ONE POINT SIX MILLION DOLLARS ON ROADS TO REPAY THEM EVERY YEAR, THAT'S BETWEEN TWENTY AND THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR THAT WE SHOULD BE PAYING TO KEEP UP WITH THE INCREASE IN MILES OF, YOU KNOW, ASPHALT THAT WE HAVE.

SO THAT'S KIND OF THE MATH THAT I'M DOING RIGHT NOW 20 TO 30 K PER YEAR TO KEEP UP WITH THE ONE TO TWO PERCENT GROWTH IN OUR TOTAL ROAD MILEAGE.

SO. THAT'S YOUR NO THOUGHT THAT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING.

NO THANKS.

OK. ANY.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS HERE? TOO MANY ENGINEERS ON COUNCIL MAKE IT DIFFICULT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S ON JEREMY.

SO THIS WILL BE BACK FOR SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH, ORDINANCE B. FIRST READING TITLE ONLY TO ADOPT AN ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET FOR TWENTY TWENTY TWO.

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ANY ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATION COMMENTS? NOTHING FURTHER. THE COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL.

OK, THIS WILL BE BACK FOR SECOND READING ON NOVEMBER 8TH ORDINANCE.

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SEE FIRST READING TITLE ONLY TO ADOPT ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR TWENTY TWENTY TWO.

ADMINISTRATION COMMENT, NOTHING COUNSEL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

OK, THIS WILL BE BACK FOR SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING ON NOVEMBER 8TH.

ORDINANCE D.

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FIRST READING TITLE ONLY TO AMEND ORDINANCE ZERO TWENTY EIGHT TWENTY TWENTY ONE ANNUAL COMPENSATION FOR ALL CITY EMPLOYEES FOR YEAR TWENTY TWENTY TWO.

ADMINISTRATION COMMENT NOTHING FURTHER.

COUNCIL. OK.

THIS WILL BE BACK FOR A SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING ON NOVEMBER 8TH.

THAT WRAPS UP THE BUSINESS PORTION OF TONIGHT'S MEETING, AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO COMMENTS

[COMMENTS OF THE CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL PERSONS AND GENERAL DISCUSSION]

FROM THE CITY MANAGER.

THANK YOU. I REALLY HAVE A LITTLE TONIGHT, BUT I DO WANT TO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THE BUDGET PROCESS TYPICALLY BEGINS IN JULY WHEN WE BEGIN WORKING ON IT AND WE STEP THROUGH IT PRETTY METHODICALLY AS A STAFF TO KIND OF GET US WHERE WE ARE TODAY TO WHERE WE'RE COMFORTABLE BRINGING FORTH SOME LEGISLATION TO CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION.

AND AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO TAKE MY HAT OFF TO THE FINANCE TEAM AND BRAD LED BY BRAD.

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AND IN THE WORK THAT THEY DO AND AND HOW THEY WORKED WITH ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS OF THE CITY TO TO GET THIS BUDGET PUT TOGETHER IN A WAY THAT I THINK WE ALL FEEL GOOD ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD.

SO AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM AND THE WORK AND AND THAT'LL CONCLUDE MY REPORT.

TERRY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO COUNSEL AARON.

THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. TWO QUESTIONS, ONE THAT I FORGOT TO ASK WHEN I WAS GIVING MY PARKS AND REC UPDATES EARLIER WAS I ASKED ABOUT THE MOORA AND NOW THAT ARE UPTOWN, FRIDAY NIGHTS ARE DONE FOR THE YEAR, I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S AN UPDATE ON THE BORAH OR WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR THE REST OF THIS YEAR AND GOING INTO NEXT YEAR.

THERE'S ANY UPDATES CURRENTLY.

RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION POTENTIALLY AN EXTENSION OF THE AREA IN WHICH THE MORE EXISTS WITHIN.

SO I THINK THERE'LL BE A LOOK THERE.

YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A NEW BUSINESS THAT'S INTERESTED IN BEING A PART OF THE MOORA THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND SEE HOW THAT POTENTIALLY FITS INTO FUTURE MAUS.

THE OTHER THING I THINK WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT WE WE BASICALLY DO THE THREE DAYS.

THEY'VE BEEN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL AND I CONTINUED TO CHECK WITH POLICE AND I THINK WE HAVE VERY LITTLE ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.

AND WHAT I'VE NOTICED OTHER COMMUNITIES DOING IS IS, WELL, DUBLIN RECENTLY.

THEY DO IT EVERY NIGHT WHERE THEY HAVE A SEGMENT OF TIME, EACH EVENING, EVERY SEVEN DAYS A WEEK WITH A WHERE THEY OFFER THAT OPPORTUNITY IN HOPES OF AGAIN GETTING PEOPLE TO CIRCULATE IN AND AROUND THE AREAS OF DUBLIN THAT THEY HAVE.

AND I, I COULD SEE US MAYBE WANTING TO LOOK AT THAT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AND SEE IF WE WANT TO EXPAND UPON IT.

WE'RE NOT THERE YET.

AND WE'D LIKE TO MAYBE HAVE SOME FURTHER DISCUSSIONS, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IN THE NOT-TOO-DISTANT FUTURE.

BUT TO CLARIFY, WE STILL HAVE THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, RIGHT? YES, THEY'RE NOT STOPPING.

YEAH, IT'S CONTINUING.

EXCELLENT POINT. YES, THAT THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY IS AUDITING AND WE'LL CONTINUE.

YEAH, IT'S KIND OF A TWO PRONGED QUESTION BECAUSE I KNEW THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSIONS HAPPENING AND ALSO WASN'T SURE WHAT THE CURRENT SITUATION WAS.

SO THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.

AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER THING I WANTED TO ASK WAS THE IF THERE CHIEF BROOKS, IF YOU COULD MAYBE UPDATE US ON THE SITUATION AT ALGER, IF THERE'S ANY UPDATES ON THAT, WE'RE LOOKING INTO THAT. WE'VE ALSO TAKEN SOME INVESTIGATIVE STEPS AND I'D RATHER NOT SHARE PUBLICLY WITH ADDRESSING THOSE ISSUES.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT, BUT IT REMAINS CLOSED FOR THE YEAR, AND YOU ALL ARE ON IT, SO THANK YOU.

THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE. THANKS, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU.

HANK. YEAH, SINCE WE DID NOT HAVE A WORK SESSION IN SEPTEMBER, YEAH, THAT PARTICULAR MONDAY, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION SINCE THEY ALSO MEET ROUGHLY AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME.

AND AND AGAIN, EVEN THOUGH THE THIRD ITEM THAT YOU HEARD ABOUT 100 ACRES ALSO OUT THERE, I WAS ABLE TO VOICE MY MY OPINION, WHICH DID GET VOTED DOWN SIX TO ZERO.

SO AT THIS POINT, I'M NOT HAVING MUCH LUCK WITH MY SUGGESTIONS, BUT I'LL TAKE THEM FOR WHAT THEY ARE, FOR WHAT THEY ARE.

BUT I DO HAVE TO COMPLIMENT THEM FOR THEIR DILIGENCE, THEIR INSIGHT.

AND I MEAN, THEY SPEND THE GOOD THREE HOURS GOING OVER THE PARTICULAR ITEMS THAT THEY HAD BEFORE THEM.

AND IT WAS REALLY, TO ME, REFRESHING TO SEE FIRSTHAND HOW DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE AND HOW DILIGENT THEY THEY ARE IN IN, IN HOW WELL THE STAFF IS PREPARED WITH WHAT IS ALLOWED IN, ACCORDING TO OUR ZONING.

BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, HOW THE CONVERSATIONS WENT, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY KUDOS FOR WHAT THEY DO.

AND I WAS HERE THE OTHER DAY, AND IT JUST SO HAPPENED TO HEAR BITS AND PIECES OF THE PARKS AND REC COMMITTEE THAT THAT'S WHEN I WAS PICKING UP MY BOOK AND SAME THING OUT

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THERE. YOU KNOW, WE HAD A GOOD NUMBER OF INTERESTED CITIZENS AND THE WAY THAT I THINK THAT WE ARE DOING BUSINESS.

I WANT TO COMPLIMENT NOT ONLY STAFF, BUT CITIZENS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN COMING TO THOSE MEETINGS AND PARTICIPATING AND LOOKING OUT FOR WHAT WE DO IN THE CITY.

SO I THINK WE'RE IN GOOD HANDS.

I HAD ONE OTHER ONE CHIEF, I BELIEVE NOW THAT THE CENSUS SEEMS TO BE MORE COMPLETE.

HAVE YOU HEARD OF ADDITIONAL LIQUOR LICENSES THAT ARE GOING TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO UNION COUNTY? HAVE YOU HAD ANY ANY INFORMATION, EITHER YOU OR MR. ASHTON HERE? HAVE YOU HEARD OF ANY ADDITIONAL LICENSES THAT ARE NOW GOING TO BE MADE AVAILABLE OR I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING.

YEAH. OK.

BECAUSE ONE ONE OF THE CURRENT ONE OF THE CURRENT, I DON'T WANT TO USE THE WORD LECTURE BECAUSE THIS IS CURRENTLY ONLY ONE LIQUOR.

ONE STATE LIQUOR LICENSE IN USE IN UNION COUNTY.

HOWEVER, I WAS AT ANOTHER STORE AND THEY DID TELL ME THAT A SECOND THAT HE HAD ACTUALLY FILLED OUT AN APPLICATION FOR A SECOND LIQUOR STORE LICENSE, EVIDENTLY.

NOW THAT WE'RE AT FIFTY FIVE THOUSAND, I THINK THAT THE CRITERIA IS 25000.

A LIQUOR PERMIT IS AVAILABLE FOR EVERY 25000.

AND THEREFORE, HE HAD APPLIED.

HE AND A NUMBER OF OTHER STORES HAD APPLIED FOR IT.

AND I WAS JUST WONDERING IF IF IT CAME BACK TO US YET OR IF THERE WAS ANY INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THAT.

NOTHING, NOTHING THAT BEEN NOTHING THAT WE KNOW.

OK. I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU COULD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THOSE WERE THE ONLY QUESTIONS I HAD.

THANK YOU, J.R..

I HAVE SOME FUN THINGS.

I WANT TO CONGRATULATE HEAD COACH BRANT JOHNSON.

THE REST OF THE STAFF AND ALL OF THE MONARCH FOOTBALL TEAM BACK TO BACK.

OK, CARDINAL CHAMPS UNDEFEATED NINE AND OH, THIS SEASON SOMETHING COOL THAT COACH JOHNSON IS DOING EVERY WEEK.

HE HAS A WORD OF THE WEEK AND HE TALKS ABOUT IT THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.

BUT THEN HE ALSO HAS A CAPTAIN CONTACT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO THEN COME IN AND TALK TO THE PLAYERS ON WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY.

AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY BACK BEFORE THEY PLAYED DUBLIN JEROME TO GO IN THE WORD OF THE WEEK. THAT WEEK WAS TOGETHERNESS.

DON MCGLYNN, ONE OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS, ACTUALLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO IN LAST WEEK AND HIS WORD OF THE WEEK WAS SACRIFICE.

SO IT'S REALLY A GREAT PROGRAM THAT COACH JOHNSON HAS PUT TOGETHER.

YOU KNOW, TALKING TO THESE YOUNG MEN, NOT JUST ABOUT FOOTBALL, BUT LIFE AND, YOU KNOW, BRINGING IN BUSINESS PEOPLE OR ELECTED OFFICIALS, SOMEBODY THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE FOOTBALL PROGRAM TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

MY WORD WAS TOGETHERNESS.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I TALKED ABOUT WAS, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT THESE ELECTIONS GOING ON AND A LOT OF INFIGHTING NATIONALLY.

BUT ON FRIDAY NIGHT, OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY GOES TO IMPACT STADIUM AND IS TOGETHER WITH THAT FOOTBALL TEAM. THOSE YOUNG MEN BRING OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER ON FRIDAY NIGHT.

THE REASON I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT IS THEIR SEASON IS NOT OVER.

SO THIS COMING FRIDAY, THEY WILL BE PLAYING DELAWARE HAYES IN THE FIRST GAME OF THE PLAYOFFS AND THAT WILL BE AT HOME.

SO MAKE SURE YOU GET OUT THERE FRIDAY NIGHT GAME TIME AT 7:00.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE A TAILGATE AHEAD OF TIME.

I THINK IT STARTS AT 5:00.

SO GET OUT THERE AND SUPPORT THE MARRIAGE VOTE MARKS AND AS I HAVE BEEN SINCE THE DAY I WAS BORN, PTB AM PROUD TO BE A MONARCH.

OK, THANK YOU, DONALD.

SO IN THE SPIRIT OF THE SEASON AND HALLOWEEN, JUST AROUND THE CORNER, I WANTED TO TALK, TALK A LITTLE BIT OF A HISTORY OF ONE OF THE HOUSES AND IN MY WARD THAT MOST PEOPLE MAYBE NOT KNOW THE HISTORY OF IT.

SO THE HOME IS LOCATED AT SIX TWENTY ONE WEST WEST FIFTH STREET.

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IT'S THE CORNELIS HAMILTON HOME, WHICH NOW IS KNOWN AS THE WILSON AND YOUR HOME, THE HOME. THE HOME IS LOCATED AT SIX TWENTY ONE.

WEST FIFTH STREET WAS BUILT BY CORNELIUS S.

HAMILTON. HAMILTON WAS AN ATTORNEY AND EDITOR OF THE MARYSVILLE TRIBUNE.

HE SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE OHIO CONSTITUTIONAL COMMITTEE AND EIGHTEEN FIFTY HE WAS ELECTED TO TO THE HOUSE SENATE.

LATER, HE WAS APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN AS ETERNAL REVENUE ASSESSOR.

IN EIGHTEEN SIXTY SIX, HAMILTON WAS ELECTED TO THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. AS A NEW CONGRESSMAN, HAMILTON BUILT HIS HOME AND HE BUILT HIS HOME IN EIGHTEEN SIXTY SEVEN, BENEFITING HIS NEW POSITION.

THE BUILDER WAS HARRIS AND WRIGHT RICE.

HAMILTON WOULD NOT ENJOY HIS NEW HOME FOR LONG.

JUST MONTHS AFTER THE HOME WAS COMPLETED, REPRESENT REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATIVE HAMILTON WAS NOTIFIED BY HIS WIFE THAT THEIR SON, THOMAS, HAD GONE INSANE.

HAMILTON RUSHED BACK FROM WASHINGTON, D.C.

HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF COMMITTING HIS SON INSANE.

AND INTO THE ASYLUM, BUT BEFORE THAT COULD BE DONE, HIS SON SURPRISED HAMILTON IN THE BARN AND AND HE MURDERED HIS FATHER BY SMASHING HIS HEAD AGAINST A WOODEN PLANK.

THOMAS THEN ENTERED THE HOUSE WITH AN AX IN HIS HAND AND THREATENED TO THREATENED HIS MOTHER. THE 12 YEAR OLD BROTHER INTERVENED AND AND STRUCK HIM IN THE SHOULDER WITH THE AX. THE FAMILY FLED THE HOUSE.

NOW, LET ME REMIND YOU AT THAT TIME THAT HOUSE WAS OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY.

THAT WAS, WHICH IS WHY FIFTH STREET HAS A CURVE IN IT, BECAUSE THAT WAS ALL PART OF HIS ESTATE RAN.

THEY RAN FROM THE HOUSE AND GOT AND RECEIVED HELP FROM THE NEIGHBORS.

THOMAS PURSUED THEM WITH THE AX AND THREATENED TO THREATEN THE NEIGHBORS.

HE FINALLY WAS SUBDUED BY TWO BRAVE NEIGHBORS SHORTLY AFTER HE.

HE WAS COMMITTED TO THE ASYLUM IN NINETEEN TWENTY FOUR.

LH MILLER ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY AND OPENED A FUNERAL HOME AT THIS LOCATION.

THE HOUSE REMAINED A FUNERAL HOME SINCE THE TIME IT WAS RECENTLY SOLD BY FUNERAL DIRECTORS ROGER AND BECKY MAYNARD SMITH TO WOODY WILSON, WHO CONTINUES THE BUSINESS.

THE HOME REMAINS IN ITS ORIGINAL ITALIANATE DESIGN AND FEATURED BEVELED GLASS OR GLASS DETAILS IN THE FRONT DOOR.

KNOWN FOR NEARLY ONE HUNDRED YEARS AS A MAYOR'S OFFICE IN YOUR HOME, THE HOUSE WAS HOUSE IS ALSO CONNECTED TO A MURDER OF A UNITED STATES CONGRESSMAN.

THANK YOU. SO IF THAT'S NOT CREEPY ENOUGH AND THAT'S YOUR HALLOWEEN STORY, THAT'S MY HALLOWEEN STORY FOR FOR THE.

THANK YOU. INTERESTING.

THANK YOU, ALAN.

TOP THAT MY FOCUS IS ON NOVEMBER 7TH, AND I THINK ABOUT THOSE PUMPKINS ON THEIR WAY UP THAT 100 FOOT LADDER AND THE FEELINGS THEY MAY HAVE.

YEAH, YOU KNOW HOW SAD THEY FEEL.

I'D IMAGINE THEY SHUDDER A LITTLE BIT FURTHER ON ON NOVEMBER 7TH IS OUR IS THE ANNUAL VETERANS DAY CEREMONY AT THE VETERANS PLAZA ON THE COURTHOUSE LAWN.

LIEUTENANT COLONEL JAMES CURRIE WILL BE THE HONORED VOICE FROM THE STONE HONOREE, I SHOULD SAY. AND HE'S THE GRANDSON OF ONE OF THE UNION COUNTY FOUNDERS OUTWEIGH CURRY CAPTAIN OUTWAIT CURRY OF THE CIVIL WAR.

THE STORY IS A PRETTY GOOD STORY, AND IT WOULD BE VERY INTERESTING, SO I'D ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO BE THERE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO TO HONOR OUR VETERANS ON THAT DAY.

AND WE'LL FLY THE P.O.W.

FLAG THAT DAY, TOO, I BELIEVE.

OK. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.

OK, THANK YOU, ALAN. YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THE ANNUAL VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT REVIEW THAT WE HAD EARLIER THIS EVENING BEFORE OUR MEETINGS.

SOMETHING THAT WE STARTED UP MAYBE FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE EQUIPMENT THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR REPLACEMENT IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

AND, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS THINK WE GET A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION.

IT ALLOWS US TO SEE FIRSTHAND WHAT EQUIPMENT WE HAVE, THE CONDITION IT'S IN, HOW IT'S BEEN MAINTAINED AND, YOU KNOW, GIVES US SOME REALLY GOOD PERSPECTIVE GOING INTO THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. SO I APPRECIATE THAT WE DO THAT.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'VE ALWAYS DONE, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO HAVE.

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SO THANK YOU. AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE.

I WOULD TAKE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT, SO MOVED ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY I.

MEANING IT.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.